California Civil Code

§ 56.109

CIV § 56.109 Effective Oct 13, 2025Div. 1 · Part 2.6 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 56.10, a provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor shall not release medical information related to a person seeking or obtaining gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care or a person or entity allowing a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in response to any subpoena or request, including a foreign subpoena, based on another state’s law that interferes with an individual’s right to seek or obtain gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care or authorizes a person to bring a civil or criminal action against a person or entity that allows a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care.

(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 56.10, a provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor shall not release medical information to persons or entities who have requested that information and who are authorized by law to receive that information pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56.10, if the information is related to an individual seeking or obtaining gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care or to a person or entity allowing a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care, and the information is being requested pursuant to another state’s law that authorizes a person to bring a civil or criminal action against a person or entity that provides, seeks, obtains, or receives gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care or who allows a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care.

(c)Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 56.10 or subdivision (c) of Section 56.20, a provider of health care, health care service plan, contractor, or employer shall not cooperate with any inquiry or investigation by, or provide medical information to, any individual, agency, or department from another state or, to the extent permitted by federal law, to a federal law enforcement agency that would identify an individual and that is related to an individual seeking or obtaining gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care that is lawful under the laws of this state.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 764, Sec. 2. (SB 497) Effective October 13, 2025.